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How Privatizing Medical Records Will Harm You
Things like health care, education, roads and even voting systems should never be put in the control of giant corporations that only care about making a buck.
After Censorship of History Course, Colorado Students and Teachers Give a Lesson in Civil Disobedience
After a county school board in Colorado proposed to rewrite the district's high school US history curriculum to stop teaching about civil disobedience, students and teachers have responded with …
Accused of Stealing a Backpack, High School Student Jailed for Nearly Three Years Without Trial
A 16-year-old high school sophomore from the Bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at the Rikers jail in New York City after he says he was …
Acute Economic Inequality Underlies “Occupy Central” Protests in Hong Kong
Assistant professor Eli Friedman from Cornell University says working-class and union participation has increased in subsequent occupations.
Economic Update: The Economics of Corporations
This episode covers the economics of migrants, choosing not to go to college, and corporate tax dodges and their effects.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Sonora River Poisoned by the Mining Industry, and More
In today's On the News segment: The mining industry pollutes the Sonora River and drinking water in Northern Mexico, and more.
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Pull the E-Brake on Perpetual US War in the Middle East
Is it sensible, and in the US national interest, to support ever-deepening intervention in the Middle East?
Risk Assessment Reigns in Budgeting, Except When it Comes to Climate
Climate change and defense spending are not mutually exclusive.
Ban Weaponized Drones!
An International day of action on October 4th.
War Polls Obstruct Democracy and Peace
If we're going to make good decisions about conflict, we need nonviolence A through Z.